As 2017 MLB draft fever begins to pick up, let’s take a look back at how the 2016 MLB draft is looking roughly a year in the rearview mirror
Our MLB coverage at Call to the Pen is fairly well-balanced, but in an effort to give you better breadth and depth of coverage of minor league baseball, we will begin a number of weekly posts.
The first will examine the big news items along with the top performers in the minor leagues each Monday. Tuesday will bring a review of the weekend highlight series. Wednesday will bring draft news and college baseball news until that is complete. Thursday will preview the weekend series of note in minor league baseball to watch. Friday will feature a new series, “The Video Room”, where CTTP contributor Benjamin Chase will examine one game from the week from a scouting perspective and break down the game.
Scouting reports will be scattered throughout the week and weekends as well, so keep on the lookout for those as well. As always, if there is anything you would like to see covered more thoroughly here at CTTP, let us know in the comments section below!
Today, we will look at draft coverage by looking back at last season’s draft. While the new MLB collective bargaining agreement has changed some of how the money is distributed, so the finances don’t work the same, it is interesting to look back in order to get an idea of how we look at this season’s crop of players.
We’ll take a look at guys who were selected in the first three rounds and then those selected after that, where teams found bargains, and who has shown to be a value versus who has shown to be a possible bust already.
Next: First Few Rounds